Wednesday, May 25, 2011

HAPPINESS!!! HAPPINESS!!! HAPPINESS!!!

05- 25- 11 MI DAILY DEVOTION
HAPPINESS!!! HAPPINESS!!! HAPPINESS!!!
(Psalm 128:1- 2) 1- “A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2- For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy." I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.”- Leo C. Rosten “Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.”- Leo Tolstoy (Internet, from Happiness Quotes from Wisdom Quotes)
Happiness for me is not the absence of sadness, but the refreshing presence of the One who gave it to us. If you fear the Lord, you will be blessed by the Lord, says the Psalmist. Those are the simple steps to true blessings and true happiness. Fear God, walk in His ways and work hard and work with your own hands.
 (Psalm 144:15) “Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.”